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LIlle, l'Isle, or Ryssel; the Chief Town in that part of Flanders which is called Galligant, or Walloon. It is Si∣tuated among Pools, Ponds, and Marshes, but dried up, and firm Land, by the Earl Baldwin de Barbu. It is a great strong and populous Place▪ It was some years ago accounted the third Place of Traffick in the Low-Coun∣tries next Amsterdam and Antwerp: The Invention of laying on Colours with Oyl, making of Worsted Sayes,
and many other Stuffs being imputed to this City. The Inhabitants have of late employed themselves in Wea∣ving of Silks, which has much Inrich'd them; insomuch the French have cal∣led this Place la petit Paris for its Beauty. Here is a good Castle, and the Ruins of an old one called Buck This Town stands 36 Miles South West of Ghent.